Pen or pencil holder.



H.c. WIEDENMANN.- PPN OB PENCIL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUB 14, 1912.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

^ tion, neat-ness and simplicity-offconstruc- 'These lobjects lare attained by.- the v -novel construction, .arrangements and com- -bination of parts. hereinafter-fullydescribed Aand shown inthe vaccompanyingv draw-ings,

l\Tov all 'whom t may concern.'

HERMAN c. WIEDENMANN, oF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

`. PEN on. rENcIL' noLDEIL' Specification of Lettersi'l'atenjt. Patented Feb,v 18, 1913,

Aplincafio'n'iea June 14,j 1912. Samira. 703,924.

Be it known that- I, HERMAN MANN, a citizen. of the. Unitedv States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in"the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful -Im provements in Pen or Pencil Holders, of.

which the following is aspecitication.

This' invention relates to improvements in securing devices 4attached to garmentsto vho d pens, pencils or the like and Athe -ob- .je ts are to provide sueh devices,` having' f atures of unusual7sec'urity,`ease of operation.

in which yFigure 1 is 'a -side4 view of-the device,

' illustrating its application. ,F ig. 2 is arear view of the"sameapplied` to the inside of pocket. Fig.l 3 is a front viewof the same,

' Fig. 1.

tached toa garmentas seen from the inside showing thepart of the device attached tol the article to be secured.; Fig. 4'is a transs v erse. sectional view, taken .on line of Fig: 5 is a view of the device atof apocket. Fig. 6 is-a view of the same guarded and, Fig. 7 is a verticalsectional as seen on the opposite side, the 'pin point view, taken on the line 7-7`of Fig. G.

The invention .comprises two distinct parts,l one of which is adapted' to -re'siliently embrace `-the pen or pencil asrseen in Fig. 3,

Iwhilethe other,se arable therefrom, is permanently secured to the fabric of the garment 'orany support,'as shown in- Fig.'A 5.

Athin piece of resilient metal is shaped` in the form of a clamp ri-ng 10 having anopeningll at the rear, so 'as to allow different sizes of articles to be removably engaged;

the metal ring 10 hasextended prong members 12 formed integrally from the upper edge 13, extending outwardly, leaving an' open space between the said lmember 12 and l the metal ring'lO; the lower ends of the members 12 curve from each other forming .alf substantially circular opening' 15. the

points 16- of which being turned oppositely outward so as to permit v.an easyfentrance upwa'rdtothe opening 15, the members 12 having such functions of distention vand resiliency Vas to `respond to the required movement. Facing the members 12, 'thering 1() extends downward in the 'shape bf a shield abrasion and also -to facilitate the connection of the distinct parts of 'the device, as' seen 1n F1g.1. Another thin piece 'offmetal of anoblong shape forms'a plate-18 theA upper portion of which is -bent and' turned downwardly over the main portion form-ing button-likehead 19,- which "may be any, preferredshape as round, square or oval,

whih' the central stem portion` has its sides turned in so as to form a U shaped stud or neck 20.' This-'plate is fastened to a garment or other fabric support by means of in 21 `which mayA be either soldered or riveted to" the plate 18, or formed integrally with it as seen inf-Fig. 7; a "part of the 'plate 18 is cut away, jas at 22,'so as to allow the fabric to enter the space causing the plate 18 to come in perfect 4Contact with the fabric'when the pin 21 is.fastened'into it; at

i or plate 17 toprevent-the or pencilffromthe lower' end of the plate 18 a part of the sameissheared and pressed out into a .hok`

23 to',l guard the -pin point against catching in anything or causing-injury. This plate 18 may also-'be secured vto the fabric by stitching through the several openings 24 thereby affording'a permanent fastening.

In operation, 'after having fastened the' i plate 18 to a garment and the ring 10, having been adjusted upon the article-desired to be' secured; the prongs 16 are entered between thehead 19 and. plate 18 in such manner as to make contact with the upper port-ion of the Aneck 2() upon which they are pressed, causing them togseparate, until the neck is received 'within the opening, 15,' whereupon the resilience of the members 12 securely holds it in engagement therein -until it'is desired to release the article, which is done by simply raising it together with the detachable-member from the fixed portion or plate 18.

From the foregoing it will be-evidentthat` all of tlieseveral parts constituting the entire structure are readily amenable to either ordinary press process 'of construction or Wire forming as obviously It 1s posslble, and

perhaps preferable, to'form some portion-1.

as the pronged hook members and pin clipfrom lwireproperly secured to 'the main members, and also that the snap fastening purpose it has to perform. It is also noticeaffords means of rapid'operatio while at, the same time.is'.entirely adequate f or the able that the platemembermay'be'disposed J either l`upon the outside ofA a' garment orl i combination with a spring clip, of two separable spring prongs formed integral therewith -and looped adjacently alongside said' clip, said prongs 'being bent so as to. be noran opening formed therebetween, a' remov-y within a pocket of the same for additional security.

While I have described the general construction of an article embodying the char'- acteiistics lof my invention I do not wish .to be limited to the precise manner of construction as hereinv described and illustrated, as I `mayprefer to vary the'shape or structure ofvsome parts or to consolidate the constituent elements by other means than those. indicated.'

I am aware that prior to my invention pen and pencil holders have been made to serve the same urpose byother means, therefore I do not e aim the general idea of a securing guard as new, but .f l

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters `Patent is within the scope' of the appended claims. v

1. In a device of the class described, the

mally in resilient Contact abovel and below able plate member combined therewith hav-1 ingmeans adapted to engage with `a garment land means for coperatively engaging said plate member with said prongs.

' 2. In a device of theclass described, the

combination with an open side ring-shaped spring cli of a resilient bifurcated mem- Y ber exten ing outward and then' downward alongside said clip, and having a circular opening formed between the resilient portions of the bifurcated member, a stud member adaptedto bev removably engaged by said resilient portion upon its shank, and a supporting plate for said stud, said plate being 'provided with means for securing to a garment.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a spring clasp, of a resilient bifurcated member inclosiug an opening formed near its lower end and terminating in outwardly bent prongs, said bifurcated member being integral wit-h said spring clasp, a plate having means of attachment to a support, a stem formed with said plate adapted to have its shankremovably engage within the opening in said bifurcated member, and a head on said stem to prevent its longitudinal displacement.

4. Ina device ofthe class described, the -combination with aspring clip adapted to engage with an article to be supported, said clip being vformed with a central, shield shaped front', of a pair of rentrantly turned resilient prongs integrally formed with said clip, extending downward over the face of said sl'iield'shaped front and having formed 

